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MESSAGE  OF  THE  PRESIDENT. 


Richmond,  Va.,  February  27,  1863. 
To  the  House  of  Representatives  : 

I  herewith  transmit  a  communication  from  the  Secretary  of  War, 
covering  a  list  of  the  civilian  prisoners  now  in  custody  at  the  military 
prison  at  Salisbury,  N.  C,  in  further  response  to  your  resolution  of 
the  oth  instant,  and  invite  attention  to  the  recommendation  in  regard 
to  a  class  of  officers  to  be  charged  with  the  special  duty  of  inquiring 
into  the  cases  of  prisoners  arrested  by  military  authority.  I  think 
such  officers  would  be  useful,  they  being  selected  for  special  qualifica- 
tions, and  invested  with  specific  powers. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


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COMMUNICATION  FROM  THE  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 


Confederate  States  of  America,  \ 

War  Department,      y 

Richmond,  Va.,  February  27,  1863.  ) 

To  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  : 

In  answer  to  a  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  I  have 
the  honor  to  enclose  a  list  of  the  civilian  prisoners  no  y  in  custody  in 
this  city  and  at  Salisbury,  North  Carolina,  under  military  au- 
thority. No  arrests  have  been  made,  at  any  time,  by  any  specific 
order  or  direction  of  this  Department.  The  persons  arrested  have 
been  taken  either  by  officers  of  the  army  commanding  in  the  field,  or 
by  Provost  Marshals,  exercising  authority  of  a  similar  nature,  and 
the  ground  for  arrest,  is,  or  ought  to  be  founded  upon  some  necessity, 
or  be  justified  as  a  proper  precaution  against  an  apparent  danger. 
The  Department  has  had  commissioners  to  examine  these  persons, 
with  directions  "  to  discharge  those  against  whom  no  well-grounded 
cause  of  suspicion  exists  of  having  violated  a  law  or  done  an  act 
hostile  or  injurious  to  the  Confederate  States." 

The  Department  appointed,  in  November  last,  a  commissioner  to 
examine  prisoners  in  the  South-western  Department,  embracing  a 
portion  of  Georgia,  Alabama,  and  a  portion  of  Mississippi.  This  com- 
mission found  some  obstructions  in  the  performance  of  his  duties, 
from  the  Provost  Marshals,  and  some  difficulty  in  obtaining  reports 
from  them.  He  resigned  in  the  latter  part  of  January,  without  making  a 
report  of  the  prisoners  remaining  in  the  department  for  which  he  waa 
appointed.  These  commissioners  have  been  found  useful,  and  I  recom- 
mend that  the  Department  may  be  authorized  to  appoint  them  for  the 
objects  before  mentioned,  and  that  they  be  clothed  with  the  authority 
of  commissioners  under  the  act  of  the  Provisional  Congress,  No.  27$, 
respecting  commissioners  appointed  by  the  district  courts. 

In  conclusion,  I  have  to  say,  that  under  the  examinations  that  have 
been  made  a  large  number  of  prisoners  have  been  discharged,  and 
none  are  retained  unless  there  be  a  cause  of  suspicion,  supported  by 
testimony  rendering  it  probable  that  the  discharge  of  the  prisoners 
would  be  prejudicial  to  the  public  interest. 

Most  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

JAMES  A.  SEDDON, 

Secretary  of  War.. 


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